aligant03 Reviews

The Village (2004)

Mr Night Shyamalan: Master of the non-superficial

[12 September 2004]

This movie left a big impression with me. I watched it yesterday not knowing the twist in the story and expecting something like his film "Signs", only with a horror edge.

I was surprised how this film left me and others thinking and reflecting. Although it has some weaknesses it already belongs to the great movies about human behaviour.

To those who expected a Stephen King-like flick of 2004, sorry!

"The village" has a lot more to think and talk about than 95% of the classic horror and suspense movies, even thrillers.

A classic of its own, together with "Signs" and the "6th sense".

Brilliant.

Kedma (2002)

Interesting historically - a controversial but not good film

[4/10 · 28 June 2004]

I watched this movie on TV because of the interesting subject - the founding of Israel in 1948 or rather the immigration and war that preceded it. The film shows a group of survivors landing ashore in Palestine and their first steps in the new country. They bring all their bad history with them but are supposed to fight for their new country at once. The director raises the controversial issues of Jewish "ethnic cleansing" against the Arab population and Jewish feelings/deeds of revenge after surviving the holocaust. Unfortunately the effort is wasted on a very theatrical, sometimes dull film which was obviously made on a low budget. Also way too intellectual in my eyes, too.